War Monuments To Get "Face-Lift" For Anzac Day Services
All war memorials and monuments in city and suburban parks of Newcastle will be given a much-needed face-lift in preparation for next month's Anzac Day ceremonies…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1950
844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 43
Wider Say Asked On Anzac March
Newcastle Council of Ex-service Organisations will press for a representative on the Anzac Day Committee of Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Navy "Too Small" For War
FRANKFURT, March 27. A.A.P.—The Chief of United States Naval Operations (Admiral Forrest Sherman) told reporters to-day that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canadian Prime Minister Forecasts Long "Cold" War
TORONTO, Mon. (A.A.P.): "The cold war will not end until Russia changes her foreign policy, and that might not occur in our lifetime," the Prime Minister of Canada (Mr. L. S. St. Laurent) said today. He believed that Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Attack on Russia, Says U.k. War Chief
LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).—The British War Minister (John Strachey) denied last night that Britain had any thoughts of an attack on Russia. "I should have thought the size of forces we can raise…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Justice Townley For War Trials
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The Premier (Mr. Hanlon) said to-day that Mr. Justice Townley would be released by Queensland to conduct…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Fleet Ends Exercises
AUCKLAND, March 29. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The most extensive naval exercises ever held in New Zealand waters ended late to-day with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ship Had Narrow Escapes In War
The motor vessel Kalmata, which is loading wool in Newcastle for the United States, had many narrow escapes from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Brief Hunt Jackdaw Attacking Babies Soldiers' Wives Taught Cooking
A German building laborer's wife, Frau Bertha Lange, aged 50, started cooking classes for the wives of occupation troops in Berlin. Bertha, who holds four diplomas in cookery, said: "We…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →War Court Members To Leave In May
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The President and members of the Australian War Crimes Court will leave for Manus Island in May to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In Brief Americans Believe In Another War Bigger Allowance For Godfather
Latest American Gallup Poll reveals 41 per cent. expect the country to be involved in war within five years, 42 per cent. don't. The remaining 17 per cent. had no opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers' Point Roads Grant
Following representations by the Soldiers' Point Progress Association through Mr. Fairhall, M.H.R., the Minister for the Interior (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vital War Use For Movies Of Television
WASHINGTON, March. 31. A.A.P.—Navy officials predict that the use of television will enable military intelligence officers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Soldier Claimed Our Gum Trees
"Say, you got some of our eucalypts," remarked a serviceman from California when first he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' club At Millfield
An Ex-Services Club has been formed at Millfield to cater for ex-servicemen in the Millfield-Paxton-Ellalong district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Appeal To Prevent New War
BONN, Mon. (A.A.P.): The West German Chancellor, Dr. Adenauer, yesterday made a dramatic appeal for a Parliament of Europe as the only means of preventing the annihilation of Europe through another war. He said that such a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Malaya's Terror War Bandits Had Rubber Plant Operating
SINGAPORE, April 2. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Malayan terrorists have been running a rubber factory complete with equipment and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Extension Urged Treason Penalty For Cold War
WASHINGTON, April 2. A.A.P.—The House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee yesterday uged the Government to extend penalties for treason to the cold war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Chips Down" In Cold War
WASHINGTON, April 3. A.A.P.—"The chips are down in the cold war," Mr. George Marshall, founder of the Marshall Plan for European Recovery, told employees of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lower Interest On War Homes Urged By R.S.L.
City of Newcastle sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League decided last night to refer to the District Council and State Congress…
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